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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/14 (2006.01); G11C 8/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/32 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G11C 8/06 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01); G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/32 (2013.01); G11C 16/3459 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory system includes a first flash memory, a second flash memory and a controller. The first flash memory includes a memory array divided into a plurality of pages. The controller is coupled to the first flash memory and the second flash memory and configured to: control the second flash memory to record an address of a particular page in the first flash memory before programming the particular page; and control the second flash memory to record a program status of the particular page after the particular page has been programed.